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For those of you who house your snakes together... question!

If 2 corns can kill and eat each other, what makes you think that an animal that is half kingsnake, a species KNOWN to eat other snakes...won't?

tommymamba said:
the fact that one of them is part king has nothing to do with it cause the genetics of the cornsnake are more dominant and they haven't got any of the behavior of the kingsnake i know they can even kill rattle snakes and other snakes but the hybrides don't do this and they wouldn't be able to kill such snakes as the rattlesnake. but i be carefull and sometimes wach them for over 3 hours to watch the behavior of them and i already learned a lot of it, i read alot books of snakes and any reptiles and go to forums like this from diverent countries to learn as much as possible. but i do think you are right that this is not natural to put 2 snakes together. but i do want the best for my snakes and for any other animals. in the future i will try to put them in seperated viv's (if i have the room) i only putted them together because i went to some reptile events and they all told me it would be no probleme. in that time i didn't knew allot about the snakes because these are my first ones so i believed them. now i know better but this is not for ever.
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starsevol, I respect that opinion... I would never advocate cruelty to animals... I never thought of it that way before, but I suppose knowingly placing an animal into a bad situation would be classified as animal cruelty. Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sorry to hear that one of yours died as a result.
I never had intentions of keeping mine together... I was just curious as I have seen them housed together at stores (I bought my Esme from a pet store where she was with 3 others) and I wondered why it was so bad...
I want to thank you all for telling me how you feel about it... I know there are other topics with information like this, but I had some specific questions of my own, and I thank you for helping me find the answers. I'm sorry if some of you got upset by this topic or the discussion here-in.
Thanks again for all of your help. :)
 
If 2 corns can kill and eat each other, what makes you think that an animal that is half kingsnake, a species KNOWN to eat other snakes...won't?
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i didn't say they won't but they won't do this as quick as a kingsnake would do.
 
tell me if this is thread jacking and if so i'll start a new thread, but i find this similar to original topic.

people w/ multiple snakes and lizards, do you set their separate vivs up next to each other? or keep lizards in on room and snakes in another, or snakes on 1 wall, lizards on the other?
 
I'm not sure... I don't have any lizards. :S I'm sure someone would be able to help you with that though. :S
 
I'm going to be posting pictures of my snake room in a few minutes so you can see what I've done with the little room I do have. Cohabbing should never be an option. KMart, Wal-Mart, Target, etc. all have tubs at reasonable prices for temporary housing. I currently have one small viv and 3 tubs on standby just in case I pick something up unexpectedly.
 
RobbiesCornField I can't wait to see pictures of your snake room... I should have a few tubs handy just in case as well ... I always find myself looking for something different, lol.
 
tommymamba said:
i didn't say they won't but they won't do this as quick as a kingsnake would do.
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Well, if there is even the most remote possibility of cannabalism, a GOOD EDUCATED COMPETANT snake owner would never take a chance.....
just sayin',,,,,
 
Lestette said:
I was just curious as I have seen them housed together at stores (I bought my Esme from a pet store where she was with 3 others) and I wondered why it was so bad...
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Since this particular inquiry was yet to be adressed.

Pet stores don't have the room to house snakes seperatly. I used to work at petco and all the corns are fed in the same enclosure at the same time. I remember when one regurged, and another baby that already had a pink in its stomach ate the regurge. I thought it was going to explode because it just could not handle the two pinks.

They do it out of convience, the animals are products to be moved.
 
That's true... I worked in a pet store as well... There isn't that much space to have a bunch of corns. That's sad that they fed them all together though. :S That would be so stressful. :S That's like throwing a tray of food at prison inmates and telling them to share. :S
Eeesh!
Thank you for answering that for me! :D
 
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